ESPN's Bill Connelly has dug deep into the stats to reveal some pretty interesting thoughts regarding some of the nation's top coaches, Kansas head coach Lance Leipold included.
"Best performance vs. historic baseline averages for the past 20 years (min. nine seasons):"
Leipold's Kansas squad was ranked 7th in Connelly's ranking with a +9.5 SP rating, for his time at both Kansas and Buffalo, where he coached from 2015-2020.
You are probably asking what even is the SP+? Fair question.
Without getting too much into the nitty-gritty, Connelly uses efficiency (S) and (P) Points per play, with the + used to denote adjustments for opponent and tempo.